Bandage-roll cutter.



D. 0. HALLOGK.

BANDAGE ROLL CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED $121 117, 1911,.

1,031,924. Patented July 9, 1912.

WITNESSES:

COLUMBIA ILANDGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON, D c.

DAVID 0. HALLOCK, OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

BANDAGE-ROLL CUTTER.

Application filed September 7, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Julyt), 1912.

Serial No. 648,081.

T0 cZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID O. HALLoon, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State oflVashingt-on, have invented a new and useful Bandage-Roll Cutter, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for cutting a roll of bandage clothinto shorter rolls and has for its objects to produce such a devicewhich will cut evenly through the roll at right-angles to the axisthereof; which will cut itinto equal lengths, if desired; and which willsave time and labor. I attain these and other objects by the devices,mechanisms, and arrangements illus trated in the accompanying drawing,in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine; Fig. 2 is a frontelevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section thereof; and Fig. 1 isa vertical cross-section of a portion thereof, showing a piece of theroll out and being thrown down.

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

In hospitals large quantities of bandage cloth have to be used daily,and since these are usually bought, for economic reasons, in rolls whichare a yard long axially, it becomes necessary to out these rolls inlengths suitable for use. This is usually done by placing the bandage ina miter-box, or other guide for the knife, and cutting or sawing acrossthe roll with a knife having a wavy or serrated edge, commonly used forcutting bread and cake. This entails considerable labor on the part ofthe manipulator, who is often one of the patients, and the result isthat the duty is often shirked. My device is invented to make this workmuch more pleasant and easy and quick so that in a few minutessufficient bandage may be cut for the days use.

My device consists of a frame formed of a base 1 and a vertical body 2,said vertical body having a round horizontal hole 3 therethrough, and aroll-support or guide 1 on one side thereof, said support leading to thesaid hole 8. A brass tube 5 is set vertically within the vertical body2, said tube being split so as to leave an opening along it throughwhich the hereinafter described knife can pass. Flat brass bushings 6are mounted within the said vertical part 2, leading from the brass tube5 on each side of the split therein and leading across the hole 3,(which passes therethrough) as shown in Figs. 3 and ft. The bushings 6are separated by the thickness of the knife, which travels tlrerebetweenand is guided thereby. The hole is of sufficient size to allow rolls ofthe usual diameter to pass therethrough. An adjustable gage or stop issecured to the side of the vertical body 2, opposite to the roll supportt and above the hole 8, said gage consisting of a horizontal arm 7having a slot 8 therein and adapted to carry a guide block 9 on itslower side, said block 9 being clamped in any desired position below thearm 7 by means of a suitable screw clamp passing through the slot 8therein. The block 9 has a pivoted finger 10 at its end, said fingerbeing normally held in vertical position by means of a spring 11 securedthereto and to the block. At the rear of the vertical part 2 arepivoted, on'each side thereof, the two links 12 extending substantiallyvertically upward therefrom. An operating handle 13 is pivotally securedbetween the said two links 12 and carries a bracket 14 extendingdownward therefrom at a point intermediate between its ends. A knife 15is pivot-ally connected to the bracket 14. This knife 15 is formed of aflat body having its cutting edge inclined at an angle of about degreesto to the horizontal, said cutting edge being sharpened equally on bothsides of the knife. The rear edge of the knife 15 is vertical and issecured to a cylindrical body, such as a heavy wire 16, which bearswithin the split tube 5. A stop 17, of rubber or other suitablesubstance, is secured to the top of the vertical body 2 immediatelybelow the operating handle 13.

My device is operated in the following manner :The block 9 of the gageis slid along the arm 7 and is clamped in such position that the finger10 thereof will be distant from the knife 15 an amount equal to thelength into which it is desired to cut the roll. The roll is then placedon the support 4 and, the knife having been raised, one end thereof ispassed through the hole 3 until it engages the finger 10. The operatinghandle 18 is then brought down, forcing the knife through the roll. Thepart of the roll which is thus cut off falls in a suitable receptaclebelow the machine. If the piece of roll does not fall on account of thethickness of the body 2, the knife 15 is raised and the remainingportion of the roll is pushed through the hole thus pushing forward thesaid part already cut off and turning the finger 10 on its pivot againstthe action of the spring 11, thus allowing it to fall int-o thereceptacle. The roll is then pushed farther through the hole to thefinger 10 Which has again assumed its vertical position, and theoperation is repeated.

Having described my invention, What I claim is In a bandage roll cutter,the combination With a vertical frame having a hole therethrough; aroll-support secured to the frame adjacent to one side of said hole; ahorizontal arm secured to the frame on the other side thereof and havinga slot therein; a block adjustably mounted in said slot; a fingerpivoted to said block and extending in line with the axis of said hole;a spring engaging the block and the finger to hold the finger vertical;and a vertically moving knife guided by said frame and passingtransversely across said hole to cut the roll therein.

DAVID O. HALLOCK.

lVitnesses:

M. F. MONEIL, JAMES FITCH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

